Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,761 total reviews)
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Bob Pragada

90% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Jacobs has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,761 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jacobs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Mar 5, 2010
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Pros

At Jacobs you will get to work on some of the largest projects in your field.

Cons

The extreme focus on billability leads to endless meetings where every financial aspect of every project gets scrutinized.

3.0
Feb 7, 2010

Working at Jacobs Engineering

Anonymous employee
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Pros

One of the top companies in the field, and it continues to do well and have a large back log in spite of the difficult economic times.

Cons

As a consulting firm Jacobs is focused on billable hours. Employees without enough billable hours are at risk of losing their job. Also, because Jacobs is public held, and it is primarily concerned with shareholder value, it focuses way too closely at the quarter by quarter results. One more thing, if you are a woman you will have difficulty advancing. Although Jacobs is trying to make itself a good environment for women, as is typical of engineering firms, the high level core business positions are held predominately by white men. There are some women high up now, in HR, IT, Inside Sales, and PR positions.

3.0
Feb 3, 2010

Ok place to work.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Diverse projects to work on. Management is understanding about life/work balance. Getting time off isn't a problem as long as it doesn't conflict with customer support or work effort.

Cons

Too much re-organization going on and seems like upper management has a high turnover rate. Employee perks lacking or not enough selections. IT infrastructure and response is a bit flaky. Performance review has too many flaws. Career advancement opportunities is limited. Training or mentoring is not so great.

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